HELP: Any openings in toddler classes in the daycares around Riverdale Park MD?

[Anonymous]

We recently moved to Riverdale Park MD from Boston and are struggling with finding a daycare for our 18 month old. Before we actually moved, we enrolled him in Easterseals NARA, but the day before he was supposed to start there we had an in person tour and didn't like the place. The toddler room doesn't have windows! How is it possible? Other classes have huge windows, but not the toddlers class. When we entered the room, kids were sitting still in the circle. Bunch of quiet toddlers? Never saw something like this in our old daycare. So we didn't have the heart to send our son to this gloomy place.

Now we need to find a new daycare for him. We are on a waiting list in Bright Horizons since May. George Hill Sunny Days first offered us a spot and then took it back (the family that was supposed to leave changed their minds). Anyways, MD daycares aren't giving us a nice welcome. HELP! PLease let us know about openings in daycares that you like, preferably within 5 miles from Riverdale Park. Or just general recommendations: where should we be asking?

thanks, tired anxious parent

[Anonymous]

Use Maryland LOCATE to find licensed family child care homes or centers

[Anonymous]

St. Ann's in Hyattsville? Petit Scholars in Brookland/Woodbridge/Bloomingdale, if you are commuting in down the Rt 1 corridor. There are a bunch of new small daycares in Brookland, but that's the only one I'm familiar with

[Anonymous]

Search for Riverdale, MD

https://locatesearch.marylandfamilynetwork.org/

[Anonymous]

Have you joined the Route 1 Moms group on Facebook? I’d ask there too, people might know of spots in home daycares.

[Anonymous]

Search for Facebook groups like Riverdale Park families, Riverdale moms, Montgomery moms, moco moms